Hp Driver Pack Sccm 2012
Updated on: Relevant to: SCCM 2012 (including R2) For an SCCM 2007 version of this article, go to Driver types Drivers can very broadly be split into two categories: • Good Drivers: Drivers which come in an inf/sys/cat format and can be installed on systems easily • Bad Drivers: Drivers which come with a setup program and must be installed (common examples are laptop Bluetooth drivers) It is very important that the driver type is correctly identified. Many drivers come in an.exe format, but can be extracted to expose the inf/sys/cat files. Whenever working with drivers, you should always try and install everything possible as a “good” driver. Driver import methodologies In SCCM 2012, there is now only one real method of importing “good drivers”, which is importing the drivers into the database. However, there are still a couple of options when it comes to allocating these drivers in task sequences. * Update * As noted in the comments, Achim has posted a way to apply drivers without importing them into the database in SCCM 2012 – and it is detailed here – My opinion is that the need to use the “no import” method has diminished a little over the years. How To Install Vmware Esxi On Hp Proliant Server. Driver quality in general has improved and Windows 7 (and newer) OS’s are a bit more forgiving than XP.
Which drivers? One of the biggest mistakes I see is clients who get a make/model in and proceed to go the manufacturer website and grab every driver – this will leave you with a bloated mess of a driver database. Often the manufacturer drivers are out of date, full of bloat and just generally crap. I suggest: • Identify drivers that are common for many makes and models, such as • Intel Nic (proset) • Intel chipset • Intel integrated gfx (primarily for laptops) • Intel Sol and HECI • Intel mass storage (RST) • Broadcom network • Nvidia and ATI gfx • Grab all these drivers from the original manufacturer website (i.e.
Create and Import HP Client Driver Pack wizard—Create driver package with the selected drivers below Technical white paper HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Technical white paper. HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center 2012. HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Create and Import HP Client Driver Pack wizard—Create.
Intel, Broadcom, etc) • Create a driver package for these drivers and use auto-apply for the time being • Run your SOE build on the make/model of hardware – open device manager, see what’s missing • Go to the manufacturer website and grab what is missing (but again, if you can find the original reference driver from the source, get that instead. Hp Laserjet 3030 Software. They are newer and better 99% of the time) • in all cases, try to just take the directory with the inf/sys/cat files. Not all the other rubbish In addition, this handy tool – available, which can grab the drivers off of a machine and import them into SCCM. Handle it with a little bit of care, as just importing all drivers can again lead to driver bloat and different versions of things such as chipset or network drivers. Making sure you have the correct drivers Ok, so you have a Windows 7 or Windows 8 (I’m going to assume that no-one is still using XP and that anyone that went to vista has been laughed out of the business.) build with a few exclamation marks in device manager. You have found drivers by going to manufacturer site or searching on the Hardware ID (or PNP ID) – this is handy when devices come up with un-helpful descriptions (as so many of them do) • Download the driver, and unpack/extract so you have the drivers in the inf/sys/cat format (the “good” format) • Note: this is another time where you may find drivers from the original manufacturer website are better than the HP/Dell/Lenovo/fujitsu etc.